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# נָאָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4998

**be comely** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be comely [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/4998/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נָאָה: vb. Piʿlel be comely, befitting Niph. Piʿlel [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/4998/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Piʿlel be comely, befitting (Thes Ol§ 251 a, 187 a Sta§ 416 b Ges§ 73. 2. R.4 SS Bae ψ 33:1 \> AE Ki HartmPlurilit.-bildungen (1875) 13 ff. NöZMG xxx, 1876, 185 Now Hup ψ 31:1, 93:5 Buhl Niph. √ I. אוה desire, i.e. desirable, beautiful; NH נאה Pi. Hithp.; 𝔗 נוֹאִי beauty);—Piʿlel Pf. נַאֲוָה ψ 93:5 (so van d. H Ginsb; Mass Baer Dead loc. נָֽאֲוָה = נָאוָה v. נָאוֶה adj., but v Sta§ 155 b. n); נָאווּ Is 52:7 Ct 1:10 (on form cf. Gesl.c.);— be comely; of feet of messenger, (fig.) Is 52:7; of cheeks Ct 1:10. be befitting: לְבֵיתְךָ נ׳־קֹדֶשׁ ψ 93:5.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they are delightful (2); it is befitting (1).

## In the verses

[Song of Songs 1:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.10/#tree)

נָאו֤וּ לְחָיַ֙יִךְ֙ בַּתֹּרִ֔ים צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ בַּחֲרוּזִֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.are.delightful cheeks your with.(the) strings of.jewels neck your with strings of.beads

*JPS 1917:* Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads.

[Psalms 93:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.93.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.93.5/#tree)

עֵֽדֹתֶ֨יךָ ׀ נֶאֶמְנ֬וּ מְאֹ֗ד לְבֵיתְךָ֥ נַאֲוָה־קֹ֑דֶשׁ יְ֝הוָ֗ה לְאֹ֣רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* testimonies your they.are.reliable exceedingly to house your it.is.befitting holiness O.Yahweh for length of.days

*JPS 1917:* Thy testimonies are very sure, holiness becometh Thy house, O LORD, for evermore.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4998.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/4998/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).